Western Digital Scorpio Black 5000BPKT 500GB
$105.17
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12 years ago
Had a batch of these fail
As great as these drives are supposed to be, I've had several fail on me recently. Out of the last 8 I've bought for customer laptops, 3 have failed so far within the last month, and this is a serious, catastrophic failure.
14 years ago
Fast, but lots of vibrations
This drive is fast, but there's also a lot of vibration, even when the hard drive is idling. The WD Blue would have been a better choice for my plastic Macbook.
11 years ago
Western Digital Black wd5000bpkt
I've installed 6 of these in the last year. All in laptops that see lots of travel and gamer level use. No errors yet.
Pros:
- Fast
- Quiet
- Long warranty
Cons:
- None so far
15 years ago
While the Western Digital Scorpio Black 500GB laptop drive may not reach the dizzying heights scaled by desktop HDDs, it still is a satisfying product for those who'd like more speed but don't want to buy SSDs which offer low storage capacity currently.
14 years ago
WD's Scorpio Black (WD5000BEKT) is a well-performing notebook hard drive with a great price
The Western Digital Scorpio Black (WD5000BEKT) is a high-performance 2.5in notebook drive boasting a 7200rpm spin speed, 16MB of cache memory, a SATA 3 GB/s interface and 500GB of storage space. It will suit IT professionals, multimedia enthusiasts and anyone who craves more speed from their laptop.
Pros:
- Excellent value for money
- 7200rpm spin speed
- quiet during operation
Cons:
- Slightly slow at transferring smaller files
13 years ago
Data migration was a challenge
Hardest time was getting the current 160GB WD drive to clone over to the new WD drive. Tried MANY different products (CloneZilla/WD's cloning tool/Macrium Reflect) and various methods.
Pros:
- Fast performance
- Quiet Operations
Cons:
- Difficult To Migrate Data
- Wd 4k Formatting
11 years ago
Good stuff
A perfect choice for my PS3 80gb. After i did the backup of my data, i only formatted the new HD and plugged it into the console. It worked perfectly from the first time and it still works. No problem. The best choice if you want to increase the capacity of your console.
14 years ago
This Western Digital is great for a laptop replacement or upgrade. 500gb, full 7,200 RPM, reliable, cheap and power efficient.. You can't ask for much more. You will notice a difference in your laptop's performance if you have a slower drive, and you won't lose battery life either.
14 years ago
Excellent Hard Drive
I have purchased about a half dozen of these for upgrades for clients and all have worked perfectly and have nearly doubled overall performance in day to day apps on the laptops.
Pros:
- As fast as it gets for a non-SSD drive
Cons:
- Not a SSD drive
12 years ago
TOSHIBA Stor.E Basics 500 Gb External Hard Drive - black
Brilliant. Easy to use, no set up just plug in and use. Loads of space. Small and compact but loads of space to store all my movies, music and back up files. Cant recommend enough!
Pros:
- Everything
Cons:
- Nothing to dislike
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